McCain Fundraising Lags, Fails To Woo Bush/Cheney Donors

"Even though he all but secured the Republican nomination by mid-February," Sen. John McCain has so far managed to enlist "only a fraction of the heavyweight bundlers of campaign contributions who helped drive President George W. Bush's two runs for the White House, an examination of McCain's fund-raising network shows."

Well over half of the top fund-raisers for Bush, who raised a record $274 million for him in the 2004 primary season, stayed on the sidelines through this year's Republican nominating contests. Others wound up working for Rudolph Giuliani, who signed up the most top Bush fund-raisers, and Mitt Romney, who had about the same number as McCain.

The dearth of Pioneers and Rangers, the elite fund-raisers for Bush who collected more than $100,000 or $200,000 respectively for his re-election bid in 2004, is illustrative of just how far McCain has to go to build up his financial operation.

Several former Bush fund-raisers said in interviews that they believed many more Rangers and Pioneers would mobilize for McCain, now that he is the presumptive nominee. But some also said they might not, citing reasons like personal circumstances, a lack of enthusiasm for McCain (especially compared with Bush) and exhaustion.

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[LivingStardust]

Part Two

McC: "What's this 'we' crap? I'm a war hero. No one wants my head on a stick for breaking the Constitution and the economy."

FOF: "Yes . . . We understand that. You may want to look in this file before you decide." (Slides folder across table marked 'Skeleton File: McCain, John'.)

McC: (flipping through folder) "You can't say this! It's lies!"

FOF: (laughing) "We destroyed your country's economic and legal integrity from the inside! You think we'll quibble over facts?"

McC: "Well, smear me all you like, but I can't change the fact that most Americans want you guys strung from lamp posts like Mussolini. I'll do what I can, but the cat's out of the bag. We the People are wise to the enemy inside. And getting wiser every day."

FOF : "It looks like we may have to continue with Plan B. (claps hands) Slavegirl! Call our real estate agent in Dubai and tell him we'll need more space! Who would have thought a flight from prosecution could be so comfortable!"
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The moral is two-fold. You can't fool all the people all the time and when you lie with dogs, you get fleas. Have a nice day, Senator McCain.

[LivingStardust]

Part One

Fatcat Oil-Fascist: "Can you ensure that the great unwashed masses will not rise up and take their government back? Can you ensure that we get to keep all the money we stole fair and square and never have to pay the price for the soldiers we killed for no good reason but our love of money and oil greed? Can you sure that how we are trying to permanently break the economy in our favor, that the poor won't come and pull of from our mansions and BBQ us on the lawn? Can you ensure us that those we've abused in their lives, livelihoods, liberties and civil rights won't want our heads on pike lining Pennsylvania Ave.?"

McCain: "No, sir. I cannot."

Fatcat Oil-Fascist: "Then what good are you!" (Sweeps items off table in anger.) "When I pay for someone's soul, I expect performance! Cheney said he was competent to pull over a fascist coup without anyone noticing and HE WAS WRONG. You better be able to protect us, or you can forget the money, McCain."

McCain: "Sorry, sir, but you are outnumbere­d."

FOF: "Don't you mean 'We'?"

(Cont.)

[Nyla785]

Ah, did the media finally notice the number of lobbyists in the McCain campaign??

[eshaneua]

I beg to differ. The Bush/Cheney donors are giving their money to Bush/Cheney's COUSIN--that would be Mr. Obama himself. George Bush could easily make up the financial defecit in McCain's campaign--why doesn't he??? Because he's rooting for his COUSIN to win and WIN he will

Obama-Edwards 2008-2017

[MizJ]

This man should not come anywhere near the Oval Office.

[ajax2]

Can't McCain sell his family and daughter again to GW Bush?

[RichBixby]

McCain keeps talking about getting people to "sacrifice for a cause greater than their self-interest", clearly not intending to ever serve the interests of the voters himself. In my mind, it just raises the question "If the war in Iraq doesn't serve the interests of the public at large, whose interests DOES it serve?" Exxon's and Haliburton's, perhaps? How about some straight talk about that, Senator?? Who's benefitting from this war that you don't want to end, and why?

[lynnn]

Maybe McCain can ask his campaign manager to get more funds from the Rev. Moon (the guy who says he's the next Jesus).

[lynnn]

This information is really going to hurt in the GE just wait.

[1differentdrummer]

Ronagain McBush not getting the bucks? Wow. Wait 'til Halliburton, KBR and Blackwater execs pony up, then watch the bucks hit the fan.

[OldKnute]

Well GOSH!!!

Maybe McCain and Hillary should do what the Obama team does?

Kids holding a carwash to raise funds.
Downsized workers sending in their last $20 bucks.
Children collecting aluminum cans to send in the proceeds for the Obama fund.
Grandmas eating beans so they can send in a few dollars.
Computer savvy grandkids helping Grandpa learn how to make an online contribution.
College Frats forgoing their next Kegger to raise money for Obama.

Fundraising ideas?

Bingo, cake-walks, raffles, bake-sales, carwashes, re-cycling, paper drives, love offerings at church, taking a hammer to piggy banks, searching the couch for loose change.

AND the money is coming in ,,,,BY THE MILLIONS.

By the MILLIONS!

All the best

Knute Neo-LIB

[lynnn]

Yes bc a lot of Bush Cheney donors donated to HRC this year, that has to make you wonder.

[Tom95134]

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants 4 more years of the Bush/Cheney idiocy. McCain is just too stupid to have figured this out and he continues to try to such up to the right-wing-nuts of the Republican Party.

[moda31]

that picture is too funny, they should use it with every mcbomb piece. his wife looks like she can't believe she has to be seen with him.

[anney]

McCain Fundraising Lags, Fails To Woo Bush/Cheney Donors

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The Bush/Cheney donors are giving their money to Hillary...

[Plowboy]

True but she is broke now.

How many times have those ultra-right folk told us to let the markey decide? (Ignoring the fact that politics should be abouit people, let's use their measure to measure them with.
It seems that neither McCain nor Hillary can generate much enthusiasm.
Obama hasn't had a bunch of big donors threaten anyone yet, but he certainly has a lot of smaller donors keeping his campaign going along smoothly.

The market has been speaking. The Republicans (and the Republican-lites!) are not doing so well.